9:00 a.m. The top ten most common malpractice concerns will be identified to discuss how problems can arise and what practice tips and advice that can help the attorney stay out of trouble with each area of concern. Participants will learn what some clients know about legal fees that you don’t, what keeps malpractice carrier claims and risk attorneys awake at night, and why the clients who actually sue you aren’t the ones you’re concerned about.

Failing to Know or Properly Apply the Law

Failing to Document Scope of Representation

Allowing a Statute of Limitations Date to Run

Failing to Communicate

Failing to Properly Manage the Client Relationship

Failing to Address and Properly Resolve Conflicts of Interest

Passive Firm Management

Forgetting to Take Care of One’s Self

Getting too Comfortable with the Attorney/Client Relationship

Suing for Fees

11:00 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. Computers are wonderful tools. Their use allows law firms to be far more efficient than they would be without them. What information would be compromised if your laptop were stolen? As tech users, our actions can unintentionally circumvent the security tools that have been deployed. What we do with email, Internet browsing, downloading, social networking, and even how and where we do these things matters. Unsecured Wi-Fi is exactly that, unsecured. Just because a signal is there doesn’t mean using it is a good idea. Cybercriminals have the same ability to access that signal as you do. This session discusses technology traps for the attorney and information on how to avoid them.